Program areas at PBA Foundation
Disaster relief - to assist salon professionals in rebuilding their lives following the devastation of a natural disaster. In 2022, we disbursed $135,750 to aid 303 beauty professionals in their recovery from the Kentucky tornado, ma snowstorms, mo flooding, and hurricane ian. For more information, please visit the website https://probeauty.org/drf.
Scholarships - we offered eight continuing education scholarship offerings: lifetime member, elite beauty, simply business, k18, helen of troy, milady, rosy salon software, and six inch shears. The reuben carranza leadership scholarship provides leadership development training to awarded professional beauty association staff. Timing of the application process and award dates vary and cross fiscal years. In 2022 we gave scholarships to 53 recipients.
Cut it out - to build awareness of domestic abuse across the country and train salon professionals to recognize warnings signs and safely refer clients to local resources. In 2022, the strength in beauty grant awarded $20,000 in funding to 17 domestic violence survivors in need of financial & job placement assistance.
Look good feel better is a non-medical, brand-neutral public service program that teaches beauty techniques to people with cancer to help them manage the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. The program includes lessons on skin and nail care, cosmetics, wigs and turbans, accessories and styling, helping people with cancer to find some normalcy in a life that is by no means normal. Thousands of volunteer beauty professionals support look good feel better. All are trained and certified by the look good feel better Foundation, the american cancer society, and the professional beauty association at local, statewide, and national workshops. Other volunteer health care professionals and individuals also give their time to the program. The program is open to all women with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, or other forms of treatment. Annually, the program serves 50,000 women and 15,000 workshops virtually held across all 50 states.expenses: $1,174 grants: $0 revenue: $0hairitage initiative - to preserve the industry's history, archives and artificacts.expenses: $952 grants: $0 revenue: $0